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Genus ASTEROLECANIUM Targ. Type, aureum. 



Asterolecanium Targ., Intr. 2nd Mem. Studi Cocc, Catalogue, p. 41 (1869): 



Sign., Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., (4), x, p. 276 (1870): Targ., Bull. Soc. Ent. 



Ital., p. 311 (1892): Ckll., Bull. Bot. Dep. Jam., p. i (1896): Ckll., Can. 



Ent., xxxi, p. 276 (1899). 

 Planchonia Sign., Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., (4), x, p. 282 (1870): Mask., N. Z. 



Trans., xiv, p. 223 (1881); Ins. Nox. Agr. N. Z., p. 91 (18S7); Ann. Mag, 



N. H., (6),xvi,p. 134 (1895). 

 Asterodiaspis Sign., Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr., (5), vi, p. ccix (1S76): Comst., Rep. 



U. S. Dep. Ag., iSSo, p. 329 (1S81). 



168. Asterolecanium algeriense (Newst.). 



Planchonia algeriensis Newst., Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond., p. 99 (1897). 

 Asterolecanium algeriense Ckll., Check List, Suppl., p. 393 (1899). 



Habitat. — Algeria. 



On Spartium junceum. 



169. Asterolecanium arabidis (Licht.). 

 Planchonia arabidis "Licht.," Sign., Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., (5), vi, p. 608 (1876). 



" " Ckll., Journ. Inst. Jam., i, p. 79 (1892). 



Asterolecanium " " Check List, p. 327 (1896). 



Habitat. — France. 

 On Arabis stricta. 



170. Asterolecanium aureum (Bdv.). 



Coccus aureus Bdv., Insectologie Agricole, ii', p. 301 (1868). 



" " Targ., Catalogue, p. 41 (1869). 



Asterolecanium aureum Sign., Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., (4), x, p. 277 (1870). 

 " " " " " " " (5), vi, p. 614 (1876). 



" " Ckll., Journ. Inst. Jam., i, p. 77 (1S92). 



" " Mask., The Entom., xxvii, p. 94 (1894). 



" Ckll., Bull. Bot. Dep. Jam., p. 8 (1896). 

 Habitat.— West Indies; Europe, on imported plants. 

 On Calathea vittata; Oncidium. 



171. Asterolecanium bambusae Bdv. 



Asterolecanium bambusee Bdv., Insectologie Agricole (1869). 



" " Sign., Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., (4), X, p. 280 (1870). 



" " Ckll, Journ. Inst. Jam., i, p. 77 (1892). 



" " Mask., The Entom., xxvii, p. 94 (1894). 



Ckll., Bull. Bot. Dep. Jam., p. 9 (1896). 

 Planchonia (Asterolecanium) bambusje Newst., Ent. Mon. Mag., xxxiii, p. 



75 (1897). 

 Planchonia bambuste de Charm., Pr. Soc. Amic. Scien., p. 42 (1899). 

 " " Hemp., Rev. Mus. Paul., iv, p. 409 (1900). 



Habitat. — Algeria; Ceylon; Mauritius; Brazil; Grenada; West Indies; 

 Mexico. 



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